Tom Lane wrote: > Kris Jurka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Endlessly extending the COPY command doesn't seem like a winning > > proposition to me and I think if we aren't comfortable telling every user > > to write a script to pre/post-process the data we should instead provide a > > bulk loader/unloader that transforms things to our limited COPY > > functionality. There are all kinds of feature requests I've seen > > along these lines that would make COPY a million option mess if we try to > > support all of it directly. > > I agree completely --- personally I'd not have put CSV into the backend > either.
What pushed us was the large number of request for it. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
